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D-Index
49
Citations
13973
World Ranking
5873
National Ranking
2579

Vikaas S. Sohal publications per year

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1955 2025

145 publications in total across all disciplines

Vikaas S. Sohal publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Vikaas S. Sohal sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 129 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Vikaas S. Sohal D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Vikaas S. Sohal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Vikaas S. Sohal is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions spanning Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Social Psychology, and Developmental Neuroscience.

Their work covers multiple main topics including Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Sohal include:

  • Top-down control of hippocampal signal-to-noise by prefrontal long-range inhibition, 2022, Cell
  • Cross-hemispheric gamma synchrony between prefrontal parvalbumin interneurons supports behavioral adaptation during rule shift learning, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Fate mapping of neural stem cell niches reveals distinct origins of human cortical astrocytes, 2022, Science
  • Enhancing WNT Signaling Restores Cortical Neuronal Spine Maturation and Synaptogenesis in Tbr1 Mutants, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Dynamic patterns of correlated activity in the prefrontal cortex encode information about social behavior, 2021, PLoS Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sohal include Kathleen K.A. Cho, Aarron Phensy, Ruchi Malik, Kevin C. Donohue, and Nicholas A. Frost. These collaborations indicate a consistent engagement with researchers in closely related fields.

The venues where Sohal often publishes demonstrate the professional networks and forums they engage with for disseminating research findings. These include publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Neuroscience, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

In 2011, Vikaas S. Sohal was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, an award that reflects involvement in advanced scientific research.

Best Publications

  • Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance

    Vikaas S. Sohal;Feng Zhang;Ofer Yizhar;Karl Deisseroth

  • Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction

    Ofer Yizhar;Ofer Yizhar;Lief E. Fenno;Matthias Prigge;Franziska Schneider

  • Excitation-inhibition balance as a framework for investigating mechanisms in neuropsychiatric disorders

    Vikaas S. Sohal;John L. R. Rubenstein

  • Ultrafast optogenetic control

    Lisa A Gunaydin;Ofer Yizhar;André Berndt;Vikaas S Sohal

  • Gamma rhythms link prefrontal interneuron dysfunction with cognitive inflexibility in Dlx5/6+/− mice

    Kathleen K.A. Cho;Renee Hoch;Anthony T. Lee;Tosha Patel

  • Synaptic activity unmasks dopamine D2 receptor modulation of a specific class of layer V pyramidal neurons in prefrontal cortex

    Steven Gee;Ian Ellwood;Tosha Patel;Francisco Luongo

  • A class of GABAergic neurons in the prefrontal cortex sends long-range projections to the nucleus accumbens and elicits acute avoidance behavior

    Anthony T. Lee;Daniel Vogt;John L. Rubenstein;Vikaas S. Sohal

  • Pyramidal Neurons in Prefrontal Cortex Receive Subtype-Specific Forms of Excitation and Inhibition

    Anthony T. Lee;Steven M. Gee;Daniel Vogt;Tosha Patel

  • A Shared Vision for Machine Learning in Neuroscience

    Mai Anh T. Vu;Tülay Adalı;Demba Ba;György Buzsáki

  • Dlx5 and Dlx6 Regulate the Development of Parvalbumin-Expressing Cortical Interneurons

    Yanling Wang;Catherine A. Dye;Vikaas Sohal;Jason E. Long

  • Neural Oscillations and Synchrony in Brain Dysfunction and Neuropsychiatric Disorders It's About Time

    Daniel H. Mathalon;Daniel H. Mathalon;Vikaas S. Sohal

  • An Amygdala-Hippocampus Subnetwork that Encodes Variation in Human Mood.

    Lowry A. Kirkby;Francisco J. Luongo;Morgan B. Lee;Mor Nahum

  • Dynamic, Cell-Type-Specific Roles for GABAergic Interneurons in a Mouse Model of Optogenetically Inducible Seizures

    Sattar Khoshkhoo;Daniel Vogt;Vikaas S. Sohal

  • Identifying specific prefrontal neurons that contribute to autism-associated abnormalities in physiology and social behavior.

    Audrey Brumback;I. T. Ellwood;C. Kjaerby;J. Iafrati

  • The CaMKII/NMDA receptor complex controls hippocampal synaptic transmission by kinase-dependent and independent mechanisms.

    Salvatore Incontro;Javier Díaz-Alonso;Jillian Iafrati;Marta Vieira

  • Energy-Looping Nanoparticles: Harnessing Excited-State Absorption for Deep-Tissue Imaging

    Elizabeth S. Levy;Cheryl A. Tajon;Thomas S. Bischof;Jillian Iafrati

  • Microcircuit Mechanisms through which Mediodorsal Thalamic Input to Anterior Cingulate Cortex Exacerbates Pain-Related Aversion

    Karuna S. Meda;Tosha Patel;Joao M. Braz;Ruchi Malik

  • The Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative: A Convergent Systems Biological Approach to Illuminating Key Molecular Pathways in Neuropsychiatric Disorders.

    A. Jeremy Willsey;Montana T. Morris;Sheng Wang;Helen R. Willsey

  • Insights into cortical oscillations arising from optogenetic studies.

    Vikaas S. Sohal

  • The parvalbumin/somatostatin ratio is increased in Pten mutant mice and by human PTEN ASD alleles

    Daniel Vogt;Kathleen K.A. Cho;Anthony T. Lee;Vikaas S. Sohal

  • Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social

    Lief E. Fenno;Matthias Prigge;Franziska Schneider;Thomas J. Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
John R. Huguenard
John R. Huguenard Stanford University
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Kevin J. Bender
Kevin J. Bender Oregon Health & Science University
Michel M. Maharbiz
Michel M. Maharbiz University of California, Berkeley
Michael E. Hasselmo
Michael E. Hasselmo Boston University
Mark J. Schnitzer
Mark J. Schnitzer Stanford University
Ofer Yizhar
Ofer Yizhar Weizmann Institute of Science
P. James Schuck
P. James Schuck Columbia University
Christoph E. Schreiner
Christoph E. Schreiner University of California, San Francisco

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